Battle to keep Trump off ballot gets Hail Mary push after smackdown by Michigan judge

Activists are making an appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court to hear a lower court's ruling that would allow Donald Trump to appear on the state's presidential primary ballot, NBC News reported.

Filings from Thursday ask the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court's ruling and assess Trump's eligibility to run for president.

“It is a virtual certainty that any decision by the Court of Appeals will be appealed to this court by the party that does not prevail,” the filing read. “But with the pressing need to finalize and print the ballots for the presidential primary election, there is not time for considered decisions from both the Court of Appeals and this court. Time is therefore of the essence in this election case.”

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The liberal activist group Free Speech for People cited the 14th Amendment in its lawsuit to bar Trump from the ballot, claiming that its stipulation that an insurrectionist cannot stand for public office.

They claim Trump fits that bill because of his role in Jan. 6.

But the case was rejected by the Court of Claims, saying it was the role of Congress to make that decision.

According to the Trump campaign, the suit is an attempt to “deny the American people the right to choose their next president.”